Trump raps Merkel, says Putin is ‘brilliant’

US Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said German Chancellor Angela Merkel was wrong to let in thousands of migrants into Germany and that the refugee crisis could trigger revolutions and even the end of Europe.

“I think Angela Merkel made a tragic mistake with the migrants,” Trump told French conservative weekly Valeurs Actuelles, which said it was the billionaire’s first in-depth campaign interview with European media.

“If you don’t treat the situation competently and firmly, yes, it’s the end of Europe. You could face real revolutions,” Trump was quoted as saying, according to the French translation.

The 69-year-old property magnate also said Brussels had become a breeding ground for terrorists and some neighborhoods in Paris and elsewhere in France had become no-go zones.

“Unfortunately, France is not what it used to be, and neither is Paris,” he said. He also said tight French gun laws were partly responsible for the killing of dozens of people at the Bataclan concert hall last November by Islamist militants.

“I always have a gun with me. Had I been at the Bataclan, I can tell you I would have opened fire,” he said.

Trump further said he thought the United States could have very good relations with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and that nothing could be worse than the current situation where President Barack Obama and Putin scarcely spoke with each other.

“He (Putin) said I was brilliant. That proves a certain smartness,” said Trump.

The French magazine said the interview was conducted at Trump’s office in New York’s Trump Tower a week before the Iowa caucuses, in which he finished second among candidates seeking the Republican nomination for November’s presidential election.

Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders swept to thumping outsider victories in the New Hampshire primary yesterday (9 February), seizing on the fury of grassroots voters to rock the elites who control American politics.

Trump and Sanders, a self-declared democratic socialist, were both seen as long-shot outsiders when they launched their campaigns. Their victories reflect deep bipartisan anger at professional politicians and suggest that both the Democratic and Republican races will now be long, acrimonious struggles that could stretch well into the spring.

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24 responses to “Trump raps Merkel, says Putin is ‘brilliant’”

Angela Merkel is for rational discourse and democratic governance. Trump espouses irrational hatred and fear driven politics that can yield power to people who thrive on power. The European Union is founded on the idea that people can rationally decide how to govern Europe. Mr. Trump is seeking to herd fear driven voters to vote him into power so that he can do as he pleases. If Angela Merkel and reason prevails, the European Union will survive. Her commitment to building a better and stronger Europe is admirable. Her compassion reflects the bedrock of Christian values.

Interestingly the irrational hatred stems from electorate watching the elites bacchanalian orgies and pointless posturings across the EU while swarms of individuals flood north without a coherent official response.
So we can expect a maximum of 22.85 million from Syria, 33.42 million from Iraq,30.55 million from Afghanistan and from Africa 192 million.
So Mrs Merkel you and the illiberal left have committed to a potential additional 278.82 million souls.
Now the EU has a wide spread of youth unemployment from 48.6% in Greece to 7% in Germany
Germany currently has a population of 81.1 million.
Now you then started to worry about the numbers and demanded burden sharing and that every other nation take some people.
Have you at least obtained the funds for all the additional 200 mosques promised by Saudi Arabia?

Angela Merkel is more likely to write a pathbreaking book on quantum optics than to participate in bachanalian orgies and the same for her colleagues in her party and the EPP in the European parliament. Listen to Merkel more and indulge in scaring yourself less and you will feel much better.
I have worked with Syrians before 2000. One was head of an electronics company and an amazing pianist. Very talented people who could do very well in Syria if given the chance.
In the failure of the parties presently engaged in civil war to take staps towards a political settlement the UN should declare Syria a UN protectorate and firmly encourage political resolution. Any party that agrees to surrender its military to UN command has a seat at the table. This followed by sanctions against any foreign state supplying arms other than through UN command be sanctioned.
The Russian tactic of bombing people to hell and starving the survivors to surrender or die is not the pathway to a political settlement. The people of Syria are civilized, many highly educated, and could run their affairs well. The world community needs to rise to the challenge of helping them make this possible. While Alawites make up a share of the population there are also Sunnis, Christians, atheists and others in Syria. Their religion should not matter. All Syrian people need to be at the table. If Assad can command 10% of the vote that is all the seats he should have in a transition government. If he commands 90% he should have 90%. This issue needs to be decided by Syrians rather than by Russian bombs.

vid.beldavs.. you sound like a “soft troll”..
Who destabilized Syria..? Russians..?
Who supplied chemical components, through Turkey, to, so called opposition.. to create prtext for USA/UK invasion, to kill Assad like Saddam and Kaddafi…? Russians..
Fortunately Russia now is along Syrian army and Kurds who really fight Islamic degenerates and succeed.. Pain in the.. whatever.. for Americans and Wahhabies..
I would like to dedicate you my joke..

..Russia learnt a lot from recent russophobic campaign..
How to deal with AngloSaxon hipocrysy?

MSM journalist calls Russian Ministry of Defence:
General, during your raids against Islamic State, are you going to distinguish moderate rebels from radical rebels…?
Certainly, we are going to do that..
How..?
We use moderate ammunition and hard core ammunition..
Well, how is one different from another..?
This ammunition differ one from another in exactly the same way, how moderate rebel differ from radical rebel..

In early 2011 there was no civil war in Syria but peaceful demonstrations were underway. After some firm, but not excessive measures, Assad offered compromise – fair elections, a new constitution and seeming openness to dialogue. Within hours of the presidential statement the killing of unarmed civilians started. Jihadists were not yet on the scene. Soldiers deserted from the army and demonstrators – academics, professionals, businesspeople, either became radicalized to fight Assad or left Syria. Then the Jihadists entered the scene. The US was not on the scene. Without the barrel bombs and chemical weapons used by the regime a situation like Tunisia may have emerged. Those that deserted the Syrian army in protest cannot accept the regime and neither can those that left their careers to fight. A political settlement could have emerged if Russia had agreed to work towards a political settlement in 2012. Instead, it chose to keep the regime in power.

Sort of like Ukraine. Assad is no different than the Israeli’s except he doesn’t kiss the west’s arse, same as Russia and that makes them the enemy of the west. Our way or the highway mentality. Too many westerners try to view the world through their cultural norms and values and that’s the problem.

Don’t see any similarity to Ukraine other than people are dying and there are refugees. Yes the people of Ukraine were fed up with corruption and did not want a foreign power telling them what to do and saw a way forward that Russia wants to deny. I believe they will prevail.

Getting off topic but I suppose you didn’t see the hands of the EU and the USA supporting a violent over throw of a democratically elected government. There were mechanisms in place to do exactly that, non violently, which Germany supported then later turned a blind eye to. You also missed that part of the country that did not support the coup and YES, Russia supported their interests somewhat better than the EU and US. The EU always throws money at any problem.

In 2013 starting from Yanukovych down to the sweeper on the street most people in Ukraine wanted to be on the path to Europe. Polls and the overwhelming vote in parliament in late May, 2013 reflected support from all regions for association with the EU. For Yanukovych to reverse course in the last week or so before he was planning to sign the agreement Vilnius to say the least it was unwise. Most politicians with any experience would say it was political suicide or at a minimum gross political idiocy. A politician does not go against a position popular in his country without compelling reason. The mass demonstrations were 100% predictable consequences. So why did Yanukovych do what he did? He was reportedly told that 75% of Ukrainian exports would disappear if he would no reject the deal with the EU. No doubt he had other compelling reasons provided. My view – the demonstrations were predictable and were the intent of Putin who wanted to bring about a solution to the Ukrainian problem. His assumptions – Zero possibility of a response from NATO / US. Ukraine was not really a country and that much of it could be peeled away where there was a majority of ethnic Russians – Odessa to Luhansk and beyond. The EU – if things were stabilized they would ignore and soon forget. MH-17 changed perceptions radically and EU opinion solidified on sanctions.
the results — the frozen conflict in the Donbas and an economic ruin in Crimea. Neither benefit Russia or Ukraine. Lesson – do not violate borders in Europe. The EU really wanted to work with Russia – 30,000 German firms doing business in Russia. What a senseless fiasco.

hey Gerry.. it seems that you forgot to whom Donald Trump is addressing his “bragging an boasting..”
.. and like it or not, he will most probably succeed..
.. and it IS THE REALITY..
Every single empire in the past, including Ottoman, British and Soviet.. collapsed because of the arrogance and greed of elites.. and now USA is on the way to meet it Nemesis..
Most of us would like to see Berni Sanders, (not Hitlery).. as the president.. but, I repeat.. it is America..

Right on the money! The Europeans have failed to understand just how angry the American people are with the established political elites and want REAL changes. A revolution is taking place in the US of A and the Eurocrats can’t see it happening. No one across the pond has paid any attention to the favorable opinion, now in the single digit category, Americans have for their elected government representatives.
FEEL THE BERN Brussels!

Trump is merely playing to the sentiments of millions of very angry voters. Americans want to see those who helped cause the financial crisis put in jail. Nearly seven years after the end of the crisis and the ensuing recession, the desire to punish and reform the big banks has not diminished. Capitalism is out of control, the top .01% now owns more wealth than the bottom 90% combined. So far, the new revolution has been peaceful but that could change. Three out of every eleven Americans own a gun, the problem is how to arm the other eight.

Rectifying the causes of the ’08 crisis involves putting controls on the stockmarket, the banking industry and their financial instruments. This would mean changing the entire century-old model of capitalism and ushering in a new world order. Trump is just another billionaire powerbroker capitalist and he will defend that system to the death, no matter how much he plays the rebel. He will have no problem introducing martial law to control armed uprisings. Sorry, but from my point of view it would seem you’re stuck in a dead end. Groundswell reforms cannot be succesful if you keep on electing more people of the same guard.

You are apparently a historian. The American people just like people in Europe or Japan have just cause to be frightened. Scary things are happening. In the 1930s this led to the outbreak of global war. There is no empire to collapse now but there is an international order whose linchpin is the US. The wealth of China, the EU, India and Russia comes through the international system. If the system collapses all lose.
Hillary Clinton is an experienced leader committed to the stability of the international order. I have strongly disagreed with her views and actions on several occasions, including Libya. However, I do not see in her the arrogance of a Trump. She is solid and would deliver solid results that would be good for the world and good for the US.

NO EMPIRE? Who do you think is supporting the US empire? You know the 19 trillion dollar deficit one, 4.3 trillion dollar budget the president just laid on congress. The Saudi’s and the Chinese aren’t buying any more US debt. So what do you think TTIP and TTP are really all about? I put the same amount trust in Hillarious Clinton as I do surviving a game of Russian roulette with a semi automatic.

No stable international order and China’ s economy nosedives and so does Russia’s. The international system is in the interests of world community. It has been the instrument to lift hundreds of millions out of poverty and to create the possibility of a multi-polar order. The challenge now is to have regional powers police their neighborhoods so that the US can step back. This is the way I understand a strategy of ” leading from behind” . Regrettably, Mr. Putin does not want leadership by Obama from behind and is forcing more assertive US leadership, exactly the opposite what Putin claims to seek.

“The international system is in the interests of world community.” As dictated by western capitalists – you know the guys that own 50% of the globes wealth. Those same guys that cost millions of Americans their homes and jobs. What is your reasoning for the European economies nosedive? Apparently you missed that part where Americans are fed up with foreign interventions, throwing a trillion dollars and more down the toilet. Money that could be used to fix our crumbling infrastructure, education, and healthcare. I’m with Mr Putin, I don’t want Obama’s leadership either.

The international system is the common property of humankind. Clearly some of the rules need to be changed to reduce the obscene income polarization in the US and elsewhere. That is the challenge ahead. But the international system is what enabled hundreds of millions to be lifted out of poverty and what has prevented the outbreak of major war. If it fails China would lose access to resources and to markets and would seek other means to survive. The same for the rest of the world.